India, Sept. 10 -- Nepal's prime minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli's forced resignation followed by the loss of more than 20 protesting Nepalese, reflect the resurgent nature and strong sense of patriotism among Gen Z. Crippling inequality and a widening lifestyle gap of the political elites fuelled the two-day street protests that led to regime change. The unimaginably lavish lifestyles of politicians, coupled with rampant unemployment and corruption, deepened frustration among ordinary Nepalese.

Barry Glassner, in his iconic The Culture of Fear, illustrated one form of fear, while Bangladeshi-American political scientist Ali Riaz wrote a book with the same title in Bengali, showing how authoritarian regimes create it. While studying Gen Z's ...